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As an American environmentalist, I head a project dedicated to improving the health of people and the environment, at the Resource Renewal Institute, a non-profit advocacy organization in San Francisco.

I heard Commissioner Wallström speak on two occasions recently, once in Boston, US, and once in Rotterdam. What impressed me about Wallström is that she is firmly committed to ethical principles. There is no one of her stature fighting for health and environment in US politics. I wish there were.

A key point of Wallström’s agenda is to improve health and the environment throughout Europe, particularly for children. She has struggled valiantly to advance policies to accomplish these goals. I also believe that we owe her thanks for working to bring the Russians closer to signing the Kyoto Protocol.

I am sorry to learn from European contacts that not all insidious opposition to Wallström and her dedication comes from external enemies.

For some in Brussels the next rung of the job ladder is more important than improving the life of millions of Europeans. But this should be the challenge for anyone in public office who takes their duty seriously.

In the US, both political parties are likewise trapped in the narrow confines of short-term economic thinking that strangles innovation in government.

I know that many Americans, myself included, would welcome Wallström’s visionary leadership of the US Environmental Protection Agency, if the EU could lend her to us for a few years.

I hope that she is reappointed for another term as environment commissioner. You are very fortunate to have her as a European citizen.